Michael Cziesla

Michael Cziesla is a General Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was sustained as a General Authority Seventy on April 5, 2025, at the 195th Annual General Conference. At the time of this call, Elder Cziesla was serving as ward activity committee chairman for the Darmstadt Ward.

Cziesla was born in Neumünster, Germany, on July 26, 1972. He received a degree in law from the University of Mainz in 2000. He also obtained a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Mainz in 2003, comparing German and U.S. law as a visiting scholar at Brigham Young University. He worked as an attorney and partner for SJ Berwin LLP from 2003 to 2016, and in 2017 became senior corporate partner at McDermott Will & Emery.

He and his wife, Margret Anne Rauh, are the parents of five children.